Content Archive: August 2026

Training and Workforce

NASA Commits $10.5 Million to Workforce Pipeline

Community colleges will lead the training effort
Two technicians on scaffolding paint a blue Artemis logo on a white structure
Maintenance and Modifications

StandardAero’s Van Nuys Base Adds Mx for Global Jets

Bombardier capabilities add to long-standing Gulfstream services in California
StandardAero Van Nuys, California
Engines

Lack of Funding Shuts Hydrogen Propulsion Pioneer Stralis

Australian start-up planned to convert Beechcraft Bonanza and 1900D aircraft
Stralis Aircraft Beech 1900D aircraft
Accidents

Seven Killed in Kenyan Helicopter Sightseeing Flight

Single-engine rotorcraft crashed near Mount Ololokwe
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Regent Demonstrates Seaglider Drone in U.S. Navy Exercise

Operational trials were held in Michigan during July
Regent Craft Squire Seaglider
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Moody's Upgrades Bombardier as Balance Sheet Improves

Moody's assigned a Ba2 credit rating, up from Ba3, while maintaining a positive outlook
Bombardier Global 8000
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Elroy Air Wins $46 Million Army Contract for Chaparral

Contract covers jam-resistant navigation and hardened communications links
The Chaparral releases a payload in flight
Rotorcraft

Sikorsky’s S-97 Raider Points to a New Level of Performance for Future Helicopters

Originally developed for the U.S. military, X2 technology is in search of a new customer.
Sikorsky S-97 Raider in flight
Aircraft

Whisper Aero Flies Electric Glider on Its Quiet Fans

Powered Swift logs first flights as start-up eyes civil and defense markets
Whisper’s powered glider is pictured in flight
Accidents

NTSB Releases Docket Info on Philly Learjet Accident

Investigators focus on somatogravic illusion and pitch-trim setting
Learjet accident Philadelphia